Family tree Hollemans » Maria van Balen (1878-????)

Birthday August 16, 1878

• The temperature on August 16, 1878 was about 18.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
  • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
  • February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
  • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
  • October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
  • December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1868 » Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications († 1955)
• 1876 » Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer († 1942)
• 1877 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer († 1935)
• 1882 » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player († 1968)
• 1884 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourger-American author and publisher († 1967)
• 1888 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist († 1935)